LIP INK, EYEBALL INK (!), NYC WHEN IT WAS HIP, THE ULTIMATE TOY TRAIN SET, NEW SPORT: NIGERIAN SCAM BAITING, THERE ARE MORE THAN ONE OF YOU, HUMANS TO MARRY ROBOTS!
Was WONDER WOMAN a lesbian? Call me old fashioned, but we can always hope.... actually an interesting article. Did you know the psychologist that invented WONDER WOMAN also invented the lie detector?
Thanks to San Diego Sandy for this: General Motors plans to equip 1.7 million of its 2009 models with a system that allows OnStar operators to cut engine power in the car if the police request it. The system was demonstrated in Washington, D.C. today. http://www.livescience.com/technology/071010-onstar-police.html
A collection of lip tattoos http://www.tensionnot.com/pics/thumbnails.php?album=301
Scambaiting is an online competitive sport in which people answer those e-mails from Nigeria promising millions of dollars in return for a large fee, then try to waste the scammers' time and persuade them to complete embarrassing tasks. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article1554909.ece
Do parallel universes exist? New research proves that they DEFINITELY do. There are many versions of "you" out there somewhere. In the Sept. 22-28 edition of New Scientist magazine, Zeeya Merali writes, "If you think of yourself as unique, think again… our world is just one of many. You are just one version of many." http://www.unknowncountry.com/news/?id=6487
A top restaurant is serving up free grey squirrel pancakes to hungry diners.
If you would like to see a very rare cool jazz film, and you have On Demand on cable, check out Patrick "The Prisoner" McGoohan in ALL NIGHT LONG. Along with David Brubeck and Charlie Mingus.
It is a re-telling of OTHELLO in a 1961 jazz club. Because the film features inter-racial romance, it was not released here. Really great music and a very cool sensibility. It is up October 2007 ON DEMAND. Here is a clip from this amazing film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rnp71k80lQ Here is a review of the film (contains spoilers) http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=161000
It is a re-telling of OTHELLO in a 1961 jazz club. Because the film features inter-racial romance, it was not released here. Really great music and a very cool sensibility. It is up October 2007 ON DEMAND. Here is a clip from this amazing film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rnp71k80lQ Here is a review of the film (contains spoilers) http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=161000
This is a story about NYC in the 1950's to early 1960's, from the Jazz to folk scene to the science fiction craze of the day. http://subgeniusslack.blogdrive.com/archive/45.html
15 tips for driving a woman wild in bed, and unlike other articles on this subject, these tips work! Not ok for work
The ultimate toy train set
Just when you think you can no longer be shocked by a body modification, along comes the eyeball tattoo http://www.bizarremag.com/weird_world/body_world/6155/eye_tattooing.html
The baby boomers' stampede for Social Security benefits has begun.
The nation's "first" baby boomer, a retired teacher from New Jersey, applied for Social Security benefits Monday, signaling the start of an expected avalanche of applications from the post World War II generation. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071015/ap_on_go_ot/boomer_social_security
The nation's "first" baby boomer, a retired teacher from New Jersey, applied for Social Security benefits Monday, signaling the start of an expected avalanche of applications from the post World War II generation. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071015/ap_on_go_ot/boomer_social_security
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Humans could marry robots within the century. And consummate those vows.
"My forecast is that around 2050, the state of Massachusetts will be the first jurisdiction to legalize marriages with robots," artificial intelligence researcher David Levy at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands told LiveScience. Levy recently completed his Ph.D. work on the subject of human-robot relationships, covering many of the privileges and practices that generally come with marriage as well as outside of it.